Weather Records on 4 October 1975

681 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1975. Highest significance: Margaret River Station, AU.

Key Facts for 4 October 1975

On 4 October 1975, 681 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
196 were record highs and 285 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 639 daily.
Margaret River Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 4 October 1975.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

681 stations

681 station records on 4 October 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Margaret River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrarang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Meekatharra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Killara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nalcik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Backefors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bilasuvar	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anketell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kurdamir	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aneroid	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lachin	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchula	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jordan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

681 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 250, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 4 October 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	250
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 October 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 639.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

549 broken records

Margins by which the 549 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1975

Top 20 records on 4 October 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1975	Margaret River Station, AU	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1975	Myroodah, AU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1975	Wiluna, AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Plant City, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Carrarang, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Meekatharra Post Office, AU	monthly rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Killara, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Sherman, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Cambridge, US	monthly high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Nalcik, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Backefors, SE	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	La Union, MX	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Lowman, US	monthly high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Bilasuvar, AZ	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Anketell, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Shoshone 1 WNW, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Water Valley, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1975	Chinook, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1975. 1975 had 681 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1841	2
1843	1
1844	2
1847	2
1853	1
1859	1
1864	8
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	3
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	3
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	5
1905	11
1906	29
1907	10
1908	18
1909	13
1910	21
1911	23
1912	101
1913	12
1914	18
1915	13
1916	137
1917	157
1918	127
1919	30
1920	31
1921	46
1922	44
1923	21
1924	63
1925	130
1926	255
1927	172
1928	131
1929	339
1930	244
1931	361
1932	413
1933	299
1934	121
1935	833
1936	161
1937	483
1938	440
1939	345
1940	220
1941	850
1942	198
1943	426
1944	328
1945	543
1946	314
1947	592
1948	449
1949	491
1950	565
1951	617
1952	717
1953	358
1954	999
1955	630
1956	467
1957	533
1958	704
1959	812
1960	246
1961	758
1962	313
1963	528
1964	389
1965	760
1966	464
1967	440
1968	587
1969	628
1970	539
1971	361
1972	712
1973	604
1974	1,846
1975	681
1976	869
1977	517
1978	488
1979	733
1980	975
1981	994
1982	415
1983	762
1984	864
1985	863
1986	1,265
1987	1,502
1988	713
1989	742
1990	845
1991	813
1992	866
1993	956
1994	1,341
1995	1,192
1996	1,012
1997	928
1998	1,487
1999	1,596
2000	917
2001	547
2002	1,465
2003	610
2004	562
2005	1,973
2006	987
2007	997
2008	935
2009	1,431
2010	1,230
2011	919
2012	864
2013	1,130
2014	611
2015	741
2016	680
2017	780
2018	979
2019	1,131
2020	897
2021	644
2022	561
2023	936
2024	1,197
2025	979
2026	942

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	508
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1